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People visiting video rental stores often rent more than one DVD at a time. The probability...

People visiting video rental stores often rent more than one DVD at a time. The probability distribution for DVD rentals per customer at Video To Go is given in the table below. There is a five-video limit per customer at this store, so nobody ever rents more than five DVDs.

x P(x)
0 0.03
1 0.54
2 0.24
3
4 0.06
5 0.04
  • Part (a)

    Describe the random variable X in words.

    X is the number of times a single customer comes into the store.

  • X is the number of DVDs a customer rents.     

  • X is the number of customers that come into the store.

  • X is the number of DVDs a customer owns.

  • X is the number of total DVDs rented at the store.

Find the probability that a customer rents three DVDs. (Enter an exact number as an integer, fraction, or decimal.)

Find the probability that a customer rents at least four DVDs. (Enter an exact number as an integer, fraction, or decimal.)

Find the probability that a customer rents at most two DVDs. (Enter an exact number as an integer, fraction, or decimal.)

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